Before & After

Before & After - Staged townhouse

Staging Doctor recently staged this home for a vendor selling thier investment property, and these photos are a perfect example of how photo's of empty rooms actually look much smaller than what they really are. Which is one of the main reasons why staging a home with furniture works. To attract buyers to your open home it is important to convey the size and function of each room.

Kitchen and Dinning Before

Kitchen and Dinning After

Before: Photos of empty rooms always looks smaller then what they really are.

After: But once you add furniture and art one can actually get a true sense of the size and scale of the room.

Dinning Before

Dinning After

Before: Empty rooms look not only smaller but also makes it virtually impossible for a buyer to actually tell which room is which. This dinning room without furniture could be anything. The last thing you want is your buyer asking themselves, "is this room, a dinning room or living room?"

After: But once a dinning table is added to the photo, the buyer instantly knows one, it is a dinning room and two it is large enough for a 6-8 seater dinning set, with plenty of natural light.

Living Before

Living After

Before: The living and dinning rooms are both a decent size and are full of natural light, thanks to the three sets of sliding doors but when the rooms are empty not only do they look smaller they feel cold and bare.

After: The addition of curtains soften's the windows and in combination with the furniture, art, and decoritive items the the ground floor of this townhouse is transformed into a homey yet elegant space.

Living Before

Living After

Before: If this was the photo used for the listing, a buyer would be saying to themselves, "that window looks small and is our furniture going to even fit?"

After: The addition of the three and two seater sofas, the 42" plamsa, the coffee table and two side tables, gives a buyer a true indication of the intended function of this room and its true size.

Master Bedroom Before

Master Bedroom After

Before: Cold, dark and small. "Would a queen size bed fit?"

After: Floor to ceiling curtains hung on the same single rod make the windows seem larger, and in combination with the queen size bed and its bedding the room becomes masterful, appealing to the buyer that will soon be sleeping in this very room.

Bedroom 2 Before

Bedroom 2 After

Before: Again pretty small looking

After: It easily becomes apparent the room is big enough for a queen size bed with heaps of room left over.

Bathroom Before

Bathroom After

Before: Nice but bland

After: But change the lightling add some fresh new towels a soap dispenser and simple plant and the room starts to come alive.

Before & After - Unit

The photos below are examples of Staging Doctor's work.

Kitchen Before

Kitchen After

Before: The kitchen was in great condition however it was hard to see past the clutter on the counter and the working shelves.

After: After staging the room is transformed and appears to be twice the size. Notice the clutter has been removed from all surface areas, an item of furniture and a piece of art that was being used in another room is brought in as sideboard accessorized with carefully selected pieces the couple already owned.

Bedroom Before

Bedroom After

BEFORE: The photo of this bedroom makes it looks small and sterile. The room needs to be softened up, furniture needs to be removed and moved around so the room can feel larger and more spacious.

AFTER: After staging this rooms starts to feel larger and more inviting. Removing the dressers really adds to this affect as they were dwarfing the rest of the room, then exchanging the bulky bedding with a slimmer style, and the final touch was adding a piece of art that was hanging in the hallway. The result is amazing.

Bathroom Before

Bathroom After

Before: This room looks sloppy and untidy

After: It is amazing how the removal of shampoo bottles and personal products from the shower and counter tops can transform this bathroom, then simply add fresh clean towels and voila, an appealing bathroom buyers are attracted too!